Never mind how that would paralyze the Saudi economy, dependent as it is on what often amounts to slave labor, as demonstrated by so many horror stories, and the denial of freedom of religion and worship to non-Muslim foreign workers.
But what kind of intolerant person would demand the expulsion of other religions from his territory? Not just al-Qaeda's Ibrahim al-Rubeish, but Muhammad himself:
"I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim." - Sahih Muslim 19.4366.
"Qaeda chief tells Saudi prince to expel non-Muslims," from Agence France-Presse, August 29 (thanks to all who sent this in):
A senior Saudi member of Al-Qaeda warned the interior minister that he should expel non-Muslims from the kingdom, among other demands to stop considering him a target, in an online audio message.
Ibrahim al-Rubeish, a former Guantanamo detainee, addressed Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz with seven measures which he considered essential for "reform" in the ultra-conservative Gulf state and for the prince's own safety, SITE Intelligence reported on Monday.
The measures included expelling non-Muslims from the Arabian Peninsula, repealing all man-made laws and instituting (Islamic) sharia-based governance, the US-based monitoring service said.
Saudi Arabia certainly brought enough Sharia for the rest of the class, but this just goes to demonstrate again: Since Sharia governs all areas of Muslim life, there can always be more of it to enforce on people. Someone will always want more Sharia -- or the "right" Sharia -- and be willing to kill and overthrow governments for it.
They also included releasing prisoners, allowing preachers to speak with impunity and removing themselves as obstacles to those who wish to support Muslims in Iraq and the Palestinian territories, it added.
"This is the path if you wish to survive. If you do this, I will guarantee that the mujahedeen will not prepare another trap for you and that you will sleep safely in your bed and you will go as you please without fearing anyone," Rubeish said.
He was alluding to an incident earlier this month when a gunman fired at Prince Nayef's palace near the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah.
Saudi Arabia witnessed a wave of deadly attacks by Al-Qaeda between 2003 and 2006, which prompted Prince Nayef to launch a security force crackdown on the local branch of the jihadist network founded by Saudi-born Osama bin Laden.
Al-Qaeda remains very active in neighbouring Yemen, where the Saudi and Yemeni franchises of Al-Qaeda joined forces under the banner of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
A suicide bomber from the group blew himself up in August 2009 in an abortive attempt on the life of Prince Nayef's son, Prince Mohammed, who leads the campaign against Islamist militants in the kingdom.
In comments published by Saudi daily Al-Eqtissadiya on Monday, Prince Nayef said that terrorism would remain a threat to the kingdom.
"We will continue to be a target for terrorists, who will continue attempting to attack us, supported by other parties," the newspaper quoted him as saying.
Whose bright idea was it to release this guy from Gitmo?
Probably the Saudis!
They made their bed. Let them lie in it.
They made their bed. Let them lie in it.
Precisely! I have zero sympathy for the Saudis, nor, for that matter, for any other islamic hell-hole.
""We will continue to be a target for terrorists, who will continue attempting to attack us, supported by other parties," the newspaper quoted him as saying."
That can happen to you when you continue to feed the alligators.
non mulims already live in exile in saudi arabia!!!
"Saudi Arabia certainly brought enough Sharia for the rest of the class, but this just goes to demonstrate again: Since Sharia governs all areas of Muslim life, there can always be more of it to enforce on people. Someone will always want more Sharia -- or the "right" Sharia -- and be willing to kill and overthrow governments for it."
Exactly - like in the Islamic "Paradises on Earth" - Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, Pakistan, Libya....etc
Exactly - like in the Islamic "Paradises on Earth" - Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, Pakistan, Libya....etc
All of the world's hellholes.
Live in dirt. Stay in dirt.
Al-Qaeda bigwig and former Gitmo detainee tells Saudi prince to expel all non-Muslims from the kingdom
Never mind how that would paralyze the Saudi economy, dependent as it is on what often amounts to slave labor
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This reminds me of the Islamic text that urges Muhammed and the early Muslims to destroy the pagan idols at the Ka'aba, which will result in losing all that income from pilgrims.
Likewise, Jihadists in Egypt are busy destroying the tourist trade there, even though Egypt has little else in the way of industry.
"Allah will provide"—and if he doesn't, well, there's always waging violent Jihad against the Infidel, and collecting the resulting loot, tribute, and ransom.
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But what kind of intolerant person would demand the expulsion of other religions from his territory? Not just al-Qaeda's Ibrahim al-Rubeish, but Muhammad himself:
"I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim." - Sahih Muslim 19.4366.
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True. I've always believed this is an additional reason for the homicidal hatred of Israel—that, geographically—it is on the Arabian peninsula.
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A senior Saudi member of Al-Qaeda warned the interior minister that he should expel non-Muslims from the kingdom, among other demands to stop considering him a target
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You know things are nuts when the hideous Shari'ah state of Saudi Arabia—which allows no churches or Bibles, bars Jews entirely, beheads victims in the public square, has carried out *crucifixions*, prevents women from leaving their home without a Mahram, prevents them from driving, and openly allows "honor-killing" one's children, is considered "Insufficiently Islamic"—so much so that it is a *target* for Jihdists.
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Ibrahim al-Rubeish, a former Guantanamo detainee, addressed Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz with seven measures which he considered essential for "reform" in the ultra-conservative Gulf state and for the prince's own safety
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When Muslims speak of "reform", *this* is often what they mean...
"For the prince's own safety"—of course, the writer means *safety from himself*...
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"This is the path if you wish to survive. If you do this, I will guarantee that the mujahedeen will not prepare another trap for you and that you will sleep safely in your bed and you will go as you please without fearing anyone," Rubeish said.
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Who says Islam is not "compassionate"? sarc/off
A senior Saudi member of Al-Qaeda warned the interior minister that he should expel non-Muslims from the kingdom.
Are they gonna issue a fatwa on this? We don't want this to go down like Obamacare where ya gotta pass it to find out what's inside. The Al-Qaeda official has a point, it is commanded in the Hah-Deaths that the Moslem Holy Land be kept fully purged, urged by the deep feelings of peristalic movement.
And this fatwa is non-nuclear, compared to the last one tacitly accepted by the Saudi gubmint about how nuking a Western city would be an ok, and fully legal by Islamic "Law" so they just let it pass.
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I remember the mass media coverage of Osama's fatwa, and I'm sure you do, too.
Marisol
Here's an interesting questions: why did Mohammed expel the Chritsians and Jews from the peninsula?
xavier
Cam kafir countries expel jihadists TO Saudi Arabia? Just asking........
Frankly, I don't care what happens to the House of Saud. Let the Al-Quadists have their way. Expel all the Jews (are there any in Saudi Arabia?) and Christians (especially the ones in the Aramco ghetto, inhabited by mostly Americans working for His Overweight Highness King Abdullah, "protector of the holy shrines." Then the kingdom will collapse, the “extremists” will take over, and the U.S. can invade and eliminate them, as well. We can reclaim all the nationalized oil deposits, and pumping and refining facilities. This would be a major blow to OPEC. Just don’t let retired President George Bush offer Crawford, Texas, as a sanctuary for Abdullah or any of this brothers, cousins, and other medievalist parasites.